http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T08:20:48Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/1/23551/60878 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/gHotelGalway.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ever wondered what the results would be if you were to hand over the interior design of an Irish hotel to a famous milliner? Wonder no longer since the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+G+Hotel/local/759">g Hotel</a></b> in Galway opened in 2007, boasting <b>Philip Treacy</b> as the design mastermind behind its whimsically luxurious decor. <p>Philip, a hometown boy from Galway county, gained fashion notoriety over the last several decades as he designed hats for fashion houses like Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, and Chanel as well as for the British royal family. As Design Director of the g Hotel, however, Philip had a chance to spread his aesthetic and reflect his influences beyond headgear, turning out <b>chairs in Warhol's pink camouflage pattern</b> and a JetSetCD 2009-04-02T09:11:31-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/14/65034/8268 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/g_Galway.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p><i>In the July/August issue of the European Travel Commission's newsletter, they highlighted several new and upcoming hotels in Europe. We'll be taking a closer look at some of these hotels this week but we're always interested in hearing your recommendations for hotels in Europe. <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com"><b>So send 'em our way.</b></a></i><p>Having a name with just one letter certainly cuts down n typing, printing and misspelling. Presumably there's some other philosophy, though, behind the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+G+Hotel/local/759"><b>g hotel</b></a> in Galway, Ireland. It's recently opened but has made quite an impact, with Travel + Leisure mag voting it the 2007's best large hotel (although it's not that large, with just 101 rooms) and Microsoft MSN listing it as Hot for 2007.</p><p>It's amandak 2007-08-14T10:29:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/21/12122/9201 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/international_wifi.gif"><p>We got another update to our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/2/115752/2852/hotels/Best_and_Worst_International_Hotel_WiFi"><b>International Hotel WiFi Report.</b></a> This time, Hotel Maven Dave sent us this live tip from Ireland.<blockquote><p> I'm in Ireland, in Galway, at the recently opened <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Clayton+Hotel/local/588"><b>Clayton Hotel</b></a> which has free WiFi through the lobby/bar area. There's no `guests only' policy - it's completely open. <p>I can't seem to get WiFi in my room (I'm on the 4th (top) floor), but there is an Ethernet cable. WiFi would be nice though, as the room is large and I could then sit on the sofa or on the bed to surf, but I have to tether myself to the desk, which is central in the room and unfortunately inches from the large juliana 2007-05-21T12:10:08-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/2/22551/59659 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right"> It looks so nice in the pictures. And the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kingsvalley+Hotel/local/323"><b>Kingsvalley Hotel</b></a> in Galway, Ireland, also contains the Bodkin's Bar and Eatery and the Bodkin's Beer Garden--how convenient! But a blogger named <a href="http://premgurbani.blogspot.com/2007/01/never-stay-in-kingsvalley-hotel-in.html">Prem</a> found this quite the opposite during a recent stay at the Kingsvalley, when loud music, disco beats, happy birthday songs and drunken people made sleep impossible before 2.30am. Bad enough, until we read about the manager's reaction:</p><blockquote><p>When I complained to the Manager in the morning about the low standards of the hotel, he says that I must be wrong and that there's no way the music can reach me ... [later] he apologized and he only offered me a little discount (not even amandak 2007-03-02T11:33:49-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/5/17/94312/1987 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/g_hotel_ireland.jpg"><p> We haven't checked-in with Philip Treacy's <a href="http://www.monogramhotels.ie/hotels/g.html"><b>G Hotel</b></a> in Galway Ireland since Linda Evangelista opened the hotel doors back in November of 2005, so it is time to take a look, dontcha think?<p> In matters like this we always look towards the natural born hotel skeptics from the UK for a review:<p> <blockquote><p> We were greeted by helpful and friendly staff who couldn't do enough for us. We were lucky enough to get to stay in a suite-- double showers, wonderful branded toiletries, open fire, flat screen tvs, well stocked mini bar and not forgetting the most comfortable bed on the planet!! We had a superb view of the lake which we enjoyed over breakfast in markj 2006-05-17T09:43:12-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/